Dr. Daniel Holland
Professor

Office
MLT Moulton Hall 313C
Office Hours
TBA
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Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
Dr. Holland is a theoretical space and plasma physicist specializing in the causes and effects of short scale length magnetized equilibria.
Teaching Interests & Areas
Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Energy, Space and Plasma Physics
Research Interests & Areas
Magnetospheric Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, Magnetized Sheath, Ion Propulsion
Ph D Physis
University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
MS Physics
UCLA
MS Mathematics
Lamar University
BS Physics
Lamar University
Outstanding University Service Award
Illinois State University
2016
Team Excellence Award - Master Plan
Illinois State University
2011
Team Excellence Award - Gladly We Give
Illinois State University
2010
Outstanding College Service Award for the Sciences
Illinois State University College of Arts and Sciencs
2007
Team Excellence Award - Solar Car
Illinois State University
2006
Outstanding College Teacher Award for the Sciences
Illinois State University College of Arts and Sciencs
2003
Research Initiative Award
Illinois State University
1999
Grants and Contracts
Observational Signatures of Current Sheet Structures Using Nonlinear Dynamics Modeling and Geotail/Cluster Data.
Richard F Martin, Daniel L Holland.
NASA. June 1 2003 - May 31 2007
Hollow Cathode Modeling Using XOOPIC and VORPAL
Daniel L Holland.
NASA /Ohio Aerospace Institute. - June 2012
Presentations
Effects of Pitch Angle Scattering on Nonlinear Charged Particles Dynamics in a Magnetic Field Reversal
Daniel L Holland.
AGU Fall Meeting, ONLINE, December, 2020
Self-Consistent Calculation of the Magnetic Field Reversal
Jonathan Sullivan-Wood, Daniel L Holland.
AGU Fall Meeting, Online, December, 2020
Effects of Diamagnetism on Magnetotail Current Sheet Equilibrium
Daniel L Holland, Jonathan Sullivan-Wood.
AAS, online, June, 2020
Holland Self-Consistent Equilibria in the Earth’s Magnetotail Current Sheet
Jonathan Sullivan-Wood, Daniel L Holland.
AGU Fall Meeting, Online, December, 2019
The effects of collisions on observational signatures of nonlinear charged particle dynamics in the magnetotail
Daniel L Holland, Phillip Kovarick, Jonathan Sullivan-Wood.
Dynamics Days, Evanston, IL, January, 2019
Hollow Cathode Modeling Using XOOPIC and VORPAL
Daniel L Holland.
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, August, 2012
PIC Simulation of Plasma Devices
Daniel L Holland, George Williams, Hani Kamhawi.
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, July, 2012
Observational Signatures of Nonlinear Charged Particle Dynamics and Chaos in the Earth’s Magnetotail
Daniel L Holland, Richard F Martin, Hiroshi Matsuoka.
Dynamics Days, Baltimore, MD, January, 2012
ISU is Ranked in the 95th Percentile for Binge Drinking: Shhhh!
Cindy Kerber, Daniel L Holland, Julian Westerhout, Jim Almeda.
ISU Teaching and Learning Symposioum, Normal, IL, January 5, 2011